Poem: What is written on A Slat Of Wood

'I bought the book...'

I bought the book, A Slat Of Wood,

stark, heartening poems by Helen Morgan Brooks.

Scooped it up from The Net,

found this first edition in a listing by 

The Corner Bookshop, Bath, Water Street, 

Maine, America, just before the tariffs took effect.

Inside this slim cardboard cover is a label

stating the collection had originally been acquired by 

Friends Book Store, at Yearly Meeting Arch Street, 

Philadelphia in 1977. You get my meaning?